Father- Name Not Known (Businessman)Mother- Name Not KnownBrothers- Kaveh Khosrowshahi (Managing Director at Allen & Co.) & 1 MoreSister- N/A

Religion

Not Known

Ethnicity

Iranian

Hobbies

Cycling, Playing Video Games, Traveling

Girlfriends, Affairs and More

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Marital Status

Married

Girlfriends/Affairs

Sydney Shapiro

Wife/Spouse

Sydney Shapiro

Marriage Date

December 12, 2012 (in Las Vegas)

Children

Sons- Alex & 2 MoreDaughter- 1

Style Quotient

Car

Range Rover, Mercedes Benz S Class, BMW

Assets

2 Condos in Miami (worth $10 Million)

Money Factor

Salary/Fees (as Expedia CEO)

$4.73 million (including bonuses and stocks)

Net Worth

$20.0 million (as in 2015)

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Dara Khosrowshahi

Does Dara Khosrowshahi smoke?: Not Known

Does Dara Khosrowshahi drink alcohol?: Yes

He was born to a prominent family in Tehran, Iran.

His father founded the Alborz Investment Company, which involved in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, distribution, food, packaging, trading, and services.

Khosrowshahi is also related to Hassan Khosrowshahi (a Canadian billionaire).

In 1978, just prior to the Iranian Revolution, his family immigrated to the United States; as their company was seized and nationalized by the new government.

He was just 9-years-old when he arrived in the US as an Iranian refugee.

Khosrowshahi and his family moved in one of his uncles’ house in Tarrytown, New York.

When he was 13, his father returned to Iran to take care of his own father, however, he couldn’t leave Iran for the next 6 years as the Iranian government had detained him.

He grew up in Tarrytown New York along with his 2 brothers under the parentship of his mother.

Although Khosrowshahi is now a US citizen; his last name is pronounced “Cause-Row-Sha-hee.”

On 12-12-12 (December 12, 2012), he married Sydney Shapiro. The couple calls themselves “sci-fi geeks.” Their wedding was held in Las Vegas, and his wife was wearing a T-shirt from heavy metal band Slayer.

Khosrowshahi is also a bona fide geek, who loves World of Warcraft.

His career started in the year 1991 when he joined the investment bank Allen & Company.

In 1998, he left Allen & Company and started working for one of his former clients, Barry Diller, first as an executive at Diller’s USA Networks and later as CFO of IAC, another Diller company.

In 2001, IAC purchased Expedia, and in August 2005, he was promoted to Expedia’s CEO.

Just before Diller and Khosrowshahi led the acquisition of Expedia, the 9/11 attacks occurred. However, the deal didn’t fall through.

During his tenure as CEO at Expedia Inc., the company expanded to over 60 different countries.

In 2013, Ernst & Young awarded him the Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Khosrowshahi also features among the U.S. State Department’s List of Prominent Iranian-Americans.

In 2015, he became the highest paid CEO in America, with a whopping salary of $94.6 million.

He has joined a growing list of CEOs who have spoken out against the Trump administration.